The Day John Kennedy Died Chords by Lou Reed

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I dreamed I was the President [F] of these [C] United States. _ _
I dreamed I replaced ignorance, [F] _ [C] stupidity and hate.
_ _ I dreamed a perfect union [F] and a perfect [C] law unenigned.
_ _ Most of all I dreamed I [F] forgot [G] the day John [C] Kennedy died. _ _
I dreamed that I could do the [F] job that others [C] had done. _
_ I dreamed that I was [G] [F] uncorrupt and fair to [C] everyone.
I _ dreamed I wasn't gross or [F] base, a criminal [C] on the take.
_ [Am] _ [C] And most of all I dreamed I forgot [F] the [G] day John [C] Kennedy died.
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Oh, [G] the day John [C] Kennedy died.
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Oh, [G] the day John [C] Kennedy died. _ _
I remember where I was that [F] day, I was upstate [C] in a bar. _ _
The team from the university [F] was playing football [C] on TV.
_ _ Then the screen went dead and the [Em] announcer said, [F] there's been a [C] tragedy.
_ _ _ Their unconfirmed report the President's been shot [F] and may be dead [C] or dying.
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Talking stop, someone shouted, [F] what?
[C] I ran out to the street. _ _
People were gathered everywhere saying, did you [F] hear what they said [C] on TV? _ _
[Am] And then a [C] guy in a Porsche with his radio hit his [F] horn and told us the [C] news.
_ _ He said the President's dead, he was shot twice in the head [F] in Dallas and they don't know by [C] whom.
_ _ _ I dreamed I [F] was the President [C] [F] of these United [C] States.
_ _ I dreamed that I was young [F] and smart [G] and it was [C] not a waste. _ _
I dreamed that there was a point to [F] life and to the [C] human race. _ _
I dreamed that I could [Gm] somehow comprehend [F] that someone shot him [C] in the [F] face.
[C] _ _ [F] Oh, [G] the day John [C] Kennedy died.
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